In this week's blog we look at how the Tribute performs for a family that is considering entering the motorhome market. We took the "Diaz" family, Mum Reina, Dad Tomas, Son Leo (11) and Daughter Sol (8) to Camp Bestival in Dorset for 4 days of family festival fun.

We Visit UKs First Erwin Hymer Centre

We spend a day at the UKs only Hymer Centre

Last week we brought you the results of the Caravan And Motorhome Club Motorhome Design Awards that were held at the National Motorbike Museum in Birmingham. We were there to film to event and speak with the winners of each award. So here are the winners and their thoughts on taking home the gold.

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The UK has a lot of unique things that people from all around come the world to visit such as The Tower of London, Stonehenge, the Angel of the North and Buckingham Palace. Now we can add another trophy to the cabinet as Travelworld have just been awarded Erwin Hymer status and have opened the UK's first Erwin Hymer Centre.

This year's Caravan, Camping and Motorhome show at Birmingham's NEC is one of the busiest we can remember! It's fallen over half term and the organisers ,The NCC, have made sure to cater for the whole family, with all sorts of activities to keep the kids entertained, including ice skating, wall climbing and dog agility shows, there won't be any bored half-termers.

At CaravanTimes we recently had a Benimar Tessoro 483 on test for a couple of weeks. We have done just over 2000 miles in the Tessoro and tested in various ways - as you will find out in our inspiration features coming up. But before we give you some ideas of where and why you should use a motorhome like the Tessoro we wanted to bring some information on the Tessoro range and the very interesting 483.

So as most of our readers will know, the CaravanTimes team were lucky enough to be part of Bailey of Bristols, Bristol to the Bosphoros trip. Travelling 21 countries in 21 days the team did a fantastic job to take the 2 caravans and motorhome cross-continental.

We Visit UKs First Erwin Hymer Centre

We spend a day at the UKs only Hymer Centre

Thursday, 28, Feb 2019 12:53

By William Coleman

The UK has a lot of unique things that people from all around come the world to visit such as The Tower of London, Stonehenge, the Angel of the North and Buckingham Palace. Now we can add another trophy to the cabinet as Travelworld have just been awarded Erwin Hymer status and have opened the UK's first Erwin Hymer Centre.

Travelworld are an exclusive Erwin Hymer dealer in the UK and are also specialist dealers of HymerCar, Niesmann+Bischoff and Carado.

The family run company has worked tirelessly over the past 40+ years to become the number one dealer in high end luxury motorhomes here in the UK.

All of their hard work has lead them to the very prestigious position of being awarded Erwin Hymer status, the only dealer in the UK to have been given this top title.

Their brand new dealership is more than just a sales floor with luxury motorhomes on display. At the new Travelworld Hymer Centre in Stafford is a one stop shop for all things motorhome. All under one roof they have a sales centre, a massive 25 bay service centre and an accessory store featuring all the top brands.

The decision to move to Stafford was to ensure that Travelwolrd have a prime location that is a lot more accessible to the public. So if you are on your travels you can pop in and get anything you may need sorted or just stop by and pick up a new luxury motorhome.

The new centre really is a sight to be seen. The sheer size of the show room is very impressive and once you go to the back to see the even bigger service centre that will blow you away. They have 25 bays for vans and are now able to do their own MOT services on site.

Another impressive fact about the newly given award is that Travelworld are now the only privately owned Hymer Centre outside of Germany. Another strong feather in the cap for Travelworld.

Also at the launch were representatives from each of the brands that Travelworld stock who were on hand to see their vehicles on display and mingle with visitors.

This gave the guys from Dethleffs, Hymer, Dometic and various others a chance to get direct feedback from the customers who use their products which gives a unique insight into what the public think of their merchandise.

To give the launch the high end kick off it deserves Travelworld laid out wine tasting sessions with celeb win connoisseur Jilly Goolden and outdoor enthusiast Julia Bradbury gave a presentation and officially cut the ribbon to open the site.

Having spoken to Ross Edwards, managing director of Travelworld Motorhomes before the launch he said: "We are very excited to be opening our doors to everyone. Julia and Jilly will bring to life what it means to own a motorhome and the kind of fun and healthy lifestyle motorhome ownership brings."

We had a lot of fun at the launch as well as a great spot of lunch, is there anything better than a hog roast with all the trimmings? What made the day so great was the turnout of people. Travelworld invited their existing customer base who all came to visit to see the impressive new site and find out how Travelworld can help them in the future at the new location.

If you need a new motorhome, service or accessory I would advise you visit the one stop shop that is Travelworld's brand new Erwin Hymer Centre.

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Last week we brought you the results of the Caravan And Motorhome Club Motorhome Design Awards that were held at the National Motorbike Museum in Birmingham. We were there to film to event and speak with the winners of each award. So here are the winners and their thoughts on taking home the gold.

This year marked the 20th annual Caravan and Motorhome Club Motorhome Design Award that were held on the 22nd of February at the National Motorbike Museum in Birmingham. The event was sponsored by Avtex Sat Nav and CaravanTimes were on had to film the awards and bring you the results

The UK has a lot of unique things that people from all around come the world to visit such as The Tower of London, Stonehenge, the Angel of the North and Buckingham Palace. Now we can add another trophy to the cabinet as Travelworld have just been awarded Erwin Hymer status and have opened the UK's first Erwin Hymer Centre.

This year's Caravan, Camping and Motorhome show at Birmingham's NEC is one of the busiest we can remember! It's fallen over half term and the organisers ,The NCC, have made sure to cater for the whole family, with all sorts of activities to keep the kids entertained, including ice skating, wall climbing and dog agility shows, there won't be any bored half-termers.

At CaravanTimes we recently had a Benimar Tessoro 483 on test for a couple of weeks. We have done just over 2000 miles in the Tessoro and tested in various ways - as you will find out in our inspiration features coming up. But before we give you some ideas of where and why you should use a motorhome like the Tessoro we wanted to bring some information on the Tessoro range and the very interesting 483.

So as most of our readers will know, the CaravanTimes team were lucky enough to be part of Bailey of Bristols, Bristol to the Bosphoros trip. Travelling 21 countries in 21 days the team did a fantastic job to take the 2 caravans and motorhome cross-continental.